U.S. Central Command commanding Gen. David Petraeus testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)US President George W. Bush (R) speaks with General David Petraeus, the US commander in Iraq, upon arriving at Al-Asad Air Base in Anbar Province, Iraq, 03 September 2007. Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq on Monday for "war-council" meetings with his top military advisers and Iraqi leaders to see if a US troop buildup is working. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)US commander in Iraq Gen. David Petraeus (R) speaks with New York Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton (L) as they arrive for a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee 11 September 2007 Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Petraeus and US ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker testified on the state of the war in Iraq. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMMUS General David Petraeus (R) talks with Senator Lindsey Graham (L) R-SC and Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno (C) prior to the start of his hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on May 22, 2008 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The top US commander in Iraq said Thursday he expects to be able to recommend further cuts in US forces in Iraq before he leaves in September. AFP PHOTO / TIM SLOAN (Photo credit should read TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images)International Security Assistance Force Commander Gen. David H. Petraeus gives a commander's coin to a French soldier during a visit to Forward Operating Base Morales Frazier Sept. 2. The Commander visited three French bases in Regional Command-East to hear updates on operations and to thank French troops for their service. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Lorie Jewell) (Released)In this photo released by the U.S. Army, Gen. David Petraeus, International Security Assistance Force commander and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry walk with other service members after arriving to Camp Phoenix in Kabul for a meeting, July 24, 2010. Petraeus and Eikenberry met with Vice Adm. Robert Harward, Deputy Commander of Detention Operations, Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak and other officials to talk about the transition of authority of detainee operation centers throughout Afghanistan from U.S. forces to Afghan security forces. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, Sgt. Rebecca Linder)Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 15, 2011, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the situation in Afghanistan. (AP Photo)(FILES)This July 13, 2011 handout image provide by International Security Assistance Force NATO, shows them ISAF Commander Gen. David Petraeus poses with his biographer Paula Broadwell in Afghanistan. Two prominent US lawmakers, Sen Diane Feinstein, D-CA, and Sen. John McCain, R-AZ, came to the defense January 11, 2015 of Petraeus, the retired general and former CIA chief under an FBI investigation for allegedly leaking classified information to his former mistress. AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / FILES = NO SALES = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / ISAF " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS =HO/AFP/Getty Images
The Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase program aimed to help financially strapped veterans get lower interest rates and avoid eviction from their homes.
Officials are examining facilities across the military medical system, which could mean closing some facilities or downgrading some hospitals to clinics.
